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Review: Run, Dog! by Cecile Boyer

One red ball and one yellow dog create lots of merry chaos in this picture book. The dog chases the red ball from one scenario to the next, interacting with the people in the scene until finally one of them grabs the ball and throws it off the page. The pages are filled with action thanks to a tiered page system where you turn on section of the page at a time and the scene changes along with it. As the sections are turned, the ball bounces in different ways and the dog reacts making the people in the scene react too!

Near wordless, this book just has single words as the ball is thrown to the next page. The illustrations are bright and pop off the page. They are as simple as the words but are also very cleverly done. The structure of the book creates a very dynamic feel and invites small hands to turn the pages to see what happens next. There is a sense as one reads the book that the reader is the one setting the pace and creating the changes that unfold.

Very engaging, dynamic and great fun, this book is ideal for toddlers who are willing to be careful with the pages. Appropriate for ages 2-4.